RUSSIA AND JAPAN.

North Otago Times, 19 September 1905, Page 2

RUSSIA AND JAPAN.

By Electric Telegraph-Copyright. Pef Press Association. Received Sept. 18, at 8.19 a,m. V/ToWo, Sept, 17. .Tin: Mikado lias finally decided to accept'liaroii Yoslkowa's resignation, and llaron Kujora succeeds him as Minister lor the Interior. The press Is abandoning its resentful tone. The Japanese have opened the river traffic fron Niuclwang Inland, and it is hoped that American goods boycotted in Chin a will find an outlet in ManchuriaOne million and a-half sterling worth of piece goods is waiting at Shanghai, and tiio total value ot boycotted goods in China is £5,000,000< Tho Japanese revenue ■for tlio year ended March showed a surplus offivo million sterling as -the result ot administrative' oeoiioniics and the growth of rovciiuc.